Bow necktie



Feb. 27, 1923.

1,446,843. 1. L. DORWARD.

BOW NECKTIL- I FILED DEC-16,192}- /Mzef. INVENTOR/ necktie,fheing tapered and having pointed ing the edges.

Patented Feb. 27, 1923.

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vented certain new and useful Improve; the tollow= I ments in Bow Neckties, whereof ing is a specification.

This invention diseloses the production of a novel preformed bolwjnecktie. I

In the production of a'pi'eformed bow necktie, that is, ofthe class which is fornied p I V n r ne of i s en s, n theightso tonne. of the wearer 1t 1s desirable'to reproduce in 7 before being applied on or around the neck the saine, the exeoti appenranoe. and. some:

what unprecise formation oftheordinery hand tied bow necktie which is formed after encirclingthe neck. It-Ii s also desiilable that};

such preformed [bow necktie should be formed in the easiest; manner by the wee-rent and easily untied and; retied softhat it'pan be readily 'eleened .or'jsubstituted for another,

This invention consists v in attaining the for'egoingand other objects, and it will be seen from, the following description andathe drawing, that the new improvements .can bei used in various ways and means.

Figure 1 shows the bow necktie ot this invention.

.Fig. 2, shows another. form ofthe bow necktie, of an indefinite length, having its short and-narrow portion in the middle of the lengthiof the tie material. I I r Fig, 3, showsthe-bow necktie with its short and narrow portion formed by turnends. v

Fig.5., shows part of a neekbnlnd, for use as a form ng memher tor the bow neckt e,

having an expandingfand contracting openmg. I

6 showsanot'her forming ineinher constructed of wire. r h i V I Fig. 7,'shows .a neck b and ioriniug neinber, illustrating eithera simple opening .or

an expanding and contracting opening.

Fig. 8, shows a neck band fOIIIliIlglfifiHlher with the bow necktie formed thereon.

Figs. 9, 1O, 11 and l2,-shoWs a method employed in forming the bow necktie, I

Fig. 13, shows a rear View of the bow necktie formed upon itself. 7 I

Sinilnr numerals refer to-similar parts 7 throughout the severalv-iews Numeral 1,

Op n g in e n c b'end-f stitching v ps aii e e by 'draw ng;- he sidej oo'ps; ete- 4 t in V I Ithasgbeenfound ho Fig. 4, shows another form ofthe bow.

hand tied article, becausetheklatter has v relatively narrow -binding loop; T f LHthQIY-a Inorej,-a difficulty arises in inserting-a length ie nn er al, l rinsingling loop of the bow; V 2 1nd eates an expanding and contracting v 7 2%Jnn expanding andcontracting opening in e wiretie former..- S, a ii-"id or non-e ending Jopenihg; 21,1 shoulders etjthe j}l1 ,i31011 of'the wideand narrow par i :7 Y t 5 l et his par ieuler- .ow-necktienthefok lowingjrnetod is employed, refer to; 9,10,: 1 and 12.7. The tiefis fi t double arrows-binding lofop: I PQrt10ni;1-n-. the ength; of

is passed threugh thefop'ening eta. forming -v m erendfih n p ned o tto form-tithe 7 loop 1?, es shown in Fig. 9, the letter, A, repress loop is passed under thebinding loop 'l which s then tightened up, completing; the bow tit);

2., i ebaok: view oiithe wrv. tie, and in 8 ,is shown'a frontview.

This is the best typeofzbofw; for, th mation of a preformed b'oywneckti usei ps'tied ightly, i h utiJmQt o1: 7

and 7 it; ean {be givengian unpreeisd various p si ons imder habind ng p; Ter,: tha a f ;-alength Or n jwid th, is

of -tie material,' of; un -f ow.,w ill not; exactly. resemble the ordina of tie: material of uniform width, and doubled as is required-gin an opening which, haste be small enough to grip theinaterial tightly; "Undue; creasing and possible dam; f age tothe ti'egmaterial is likely to ensue;

owing-to, theforce required in pulling the 1binding ;looparound into positionLjTo, J overcome the foregoing; difficulties and de-w ,fects, a lengthof tie material is provide'cl,

having-a short gportio'n between its vends 1 made permanently narrower than'the re nannng part; this,short andnarrow portion constituting the central binding loops 1*, ofthe-bow necktle, v v v loyedin the above manner the eompleted- Y binding loop in a rigid type of opening, and

this being the first operation in forming the bow, see Fig. 9, a new method of tie forming is introduced which is easier than a known alternative method which re uires the insertion of the two wide ends of the tie material through the opening first, causing creasing and wear throughout its entire length; furthermore, this narrow binding loop exactly resembles the binding loop of an ordinary hand tied bow tie.

This bow necktie may consist of a strip of fabric material out or woven to shape,

' or it may have its edges, at the narrowpart,

turned over as seen in Fig. '3, "and permanently pressed, gumm'e'd, stitched or otherwise formed to shape. 'Tlietie can also be knitted to shape, or built up of plies of Ina-V terial, cut to shape, and stitched around the edges, and contain interlinin g for stiffen- ;ing, and the usual methods adopted in the making of ordinary neckties.

V Fig. 13 is a rear View of'the bow necktie formed upon itself, the two endsof the central binding loop, being crossed, instead of open as seen in Fig. 10, and the operation offorming is continued in the manner as previously explained. To loosen'the knot of this bow, (seel ig. 13,) the material 7 IIlI1St enter the knot in the direction as shown by the arrows, and, as'the shoulders, at, tend to prevent this action, the bow'naturally keeps tied tightly under ordinary circumstances, and is,'for this reason, su:

'perior to a bow formed of a strip of 'ma- I terial of uniform width. "A characteristic feature of this invention is, that in this strip of necktie material each of the" sidef ends-or wings, with their respective locking shoulders, are connected by a permanently narrowed portion having a length sufficient to actas the binding loop of a formed bow. It is obvious that this bow necktie, so formed, can .be stitched, pinned or other- ,wise' fastened to a su ortin member but it will be found better, for tying and untying purposes, to form it as previously described, upon a forming member having an opening to hold the two ends of the binding loop; such forming member maybe simply a r1l'lg'p1OV1d8ClW1tl1 means of attachment to a collar. A better plan, however, is to provide an opening, (in the forming mem- 1,446,843 .r c c f ber, of whatever type is adopted), of such a character that it can be easily enlarged or dlmlnished in size, thus accommodating itself to the varying thicknesses of ties, and

rendering the operation of tie forming 'much quicker and easier; an advantage, 'where the bow necktie may need to be frequently changed for cleaning, or reformed to present the reverse side for wear and freshen its appearance. Various means can be employed for accomplishing these objects 7 and two are described herewith which have given satisfactory results.

In Fig. 5, is illustrated an opening in the front and'middle part of a neck band, the material of which is pleated around an india rubber or metallic elastic ring (shown in dotted circles) inserted between two plies of tie material, the pleats allowing the elastic ring to expand, so as to enable the easy insertion of the binding loop. Fig.- 6, illustrates an alternative means consisting of a forming member of spring wire, the central opening being expansible and con tractibleowing to the springiness or the wire from end to end. This forming member can also'be stitched inside of a neck] band, as indic ated by thedotted lines, 2*,

in Figure 7, if this class of support is de-' sired; or, either of the abovedevices', or others containing this expanding opening feature, can be attached by'suitab'le means direct to a collar, or to a necktie holder of the class which engages directly on a collar button. 7 7 V 7 Fig. 8, shows the bow necktie as it ap-[ pearswhen formed o'n a forming member consisting of a neck band, having a single central opening which may be either of the rigidor expanding type, according to the.l05 u'sers requirements, as hereinbefore ex plained. 1

It will be found that a formingmember with an expanding opening, will facilitate the formation'of a bow necktie consistingof a length of tie material of uniform width 7 throughout; also it is obvious that the novel Y shaped length of tie material described," is easy of formation even in a forming member having anon-expanding opening,rbut it will be found that the coaction of both of these improvements will'produce thebest practi f' V cal results in'the production and use of a bow necktie. 1 1 i V Applicant is aware that prior to his invention bowshave been formed by first passing" the ends of fabric material through a rigid type of opening in a forming member and is also aware that strips of bow forming material have been used having narrowed portions'between the ends'of same, that such narrowed portions are pluraland include the neck band, moreover, such strips are" integral with the neck band 'or holding means, whereas applicants construction is adapted to be readily separable from the neck band or other ordinary holding means. Applicant does not therefore claim the aforesaid constructions broadly, but what is claimed as new and useful is:

' 1. A bow necktie, comprising in combination a member having an opening, a strip of textile material having a permanently narrowed portion between its ends, the narrowed portion extending through said opening and encircling the strip and the top and bottom edges of said member, thereby forming a central binding loop for the tie.

2. The method of forming a bow tie which consists in transversely folding a strip of material to form a bight, intermediate the ends of the strip, passing the bight so formed through an aperture in a member, opening out the bight to form a loop, encircling the strip and said member by said open loop and tightening up the loop.

3. The method of forming a bow tie which consists in transversely folding a strip of material to form a bight, intermediate the ends of the strip, passing the bight so formed through an aperture in a member, opening out the bight to form a loop, foldfirst mentioned loop to complete the loop portion of substantially such length 7 only as to tie a knot and widened ends on opposite sides of said narrowed portion, the

widened portions contiguous to the 1 narrowed loop portion forming shoulders to impede the accidental untying of the knot in the binding portion, said length of material constituting a tie bow portion only.

JAMES L. DORWARD. 

